The Brothers Grimm were Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), who were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, and authors known best for collecting and publishing folklore and fairy tales of the German people. They published their first volume of fairy tales in 1812 which helped establish their literary fame. The Brothers Grimm devoted their lives to researching and documenting older versions of German and Scandinavian languages and traditions. They made significant contributions to the development of children's literature through their famous collections of fairy tales.

1. RESEARCH ON THE CLASSICALRESEARCH ON THE CLASSICAL
AUTHORS:AUTHORS:
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2. SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT
I N D E XI N D E X
FOCUS ON ONE OF THEIR MOST REMARKABLE WORKS OF FICTION
BIOGRAPHY
CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR WRITING (GENRES DEVELOPED BY
THESE AUTHORS)
MAIN WORKS
CONCLUSIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE AUTHORS TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

3. CULTURAL CONTEXTCULTURAL CONTEXT
ROMANTICISMROMANTICISM
• Artistic, literary and intellectual
movement that was originated in reaction
to the industrial revolution and the
scientific rationalisation of nature.
(18th
-19th
).
• Imagination
•Emotion, lyric poetry, and the Self.
• Nature
•Symbolism and Myth

4. IMPORTANT AUTHORSIMPORTANT AUTHORS
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Charles Nodier
• Lord Byron • José de Espronceda

5. SOCIAL CONTEXTSOCIAL CONTEXT
AGE OF REVOLUTIONSAGE OF REVOLUTIONS
• American revolution (1776)
• French revolution (1789)
• An age of changes in political,
economic, and social traditions.

6. BIOGRAPHYBIOGRAPHY
Jacob Grimm
(4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863)(4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863)
Wilhelm Grimm
(24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859)(24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859)

7. • They were born in the Wolfgang section of Hanau, Germany near Frankfurt.
• When the eldest brother Jacob was 15 years old, their
father, Philip Wilhelm, died and the family moved into a
cramped urban residence.
• Two years later, the children's grandfather also died, leaving
their mother in reduced circumstances
Sculpture of brothers Grimm in Hanau
Tendency to idealize and excuse
fathers, leaving a predominance
of female villains in the tales.

8. • Education: Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Kassel University of Marburg.
• They were in their early twenties when they began the linguistic
and philological studies that would culminate in both Grimm's Law and their
collected editions of fairy and folk tales.
• In 1812 the Grimm brothers published their first volume of fairy tales, Tales of
Children and the Home.
• Brothers became
interested in older
languages and their
relation to German.
• Jacob was named professor and head librarian in
1830 at the University of Göttingen.
• Wilhelm became a professor in 1835.
• They protested against the abrogation with
other five professors
They were deported.

9. Jacob Grimm Remained a bachelor.
Wilhelm Grimm Married with Henriette Dorothea Wild
also known as Dortchen).
Even after Wilhelm's marriage, the
brothers stayed close.
The brothers were buried Berlin.

10. Jacob Grimm Remained a bachelor.
Wilhelm Grimm Married with Henriette Dorothea Wild
also known as Dortchen).
Even after Wilhelm's marriage, the
brothers stayed close.
The brothers were buried Berlin.